Sliding gate.



PATENTED SEPT. 12, 1905.

J. 0. HODG-BNS. SLIDING GATE. APPLIQATION FILED MAY 16,1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES O. HODGENS, OF SAVANNAH, MISSOURI.

SLIDING GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept: 12, 1905.

Application filed May 16 1905. Serial No. 260,708.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that 1, JAMES O. HODGENS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Savannah, in the county of Andrew and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sliding Gates; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing,-and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which forms a part of this specification.

nThis invention relates to new and useful improvements in sliding gates;and the object of the invention is to produce a simple and efficientmeans for opening and closing the gate from either side thereof by theemployment of hand-operated levers which are pivotally connected to thegate in such a manner that as the handle end of a lever is depressed thegate may be swung open, the momentum of the moving gate causing the baror rod connecting the gate to the lever to pass by a vertical plane inwhich the lever is mounted and said bar serving to hold the gate eitherlocked or open.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction andin combinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafterfully described and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which, with theletters of reference marked thereon, forms a part of this applicationand which is a perspective view of my improved gate, showing the same insolid lines closed and in dotted lines open.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawing by letter, Adesignates a platform, although the platform is not necessary inconstructing a gate in accordance with my. invention, as the same may bedispensed with and the posts of the gate set in the ground.

B designates a post having a grooved wheel B mounted thereon, and Odesignates a post to which one end of a guide-board D is fixed, theother end of said board being fastened to the post B in the mannershown. The upper edge of said board D is preferably beveled and servesas a guide for a grooved wheel E to ride upon, which wheel is mountedupon a pin F, carried by the end strips G of the gate. Said gate, whichmay be made of any suitable construction, is provided with alongitudinal strip K, which rides in a grooved pulley I, and the upperlongitudinal strip K of the gate is adapted to ride in the groovedpulley B.

O O designate posts set at a suitable distance from the gate, one oneither side thereof, and Q designates a lever, one being pivoted 'toeach of the posts 0, and pivotally connected to the inner end of one ofsaid levers Q is a rod T, the other end of which is pivotally connectedupon a pin T, carried by the longitudinal strip K of the gate.

S designates a rope, one end of which is fastened to the pivot-pin T andpassing between rollers J upon the post B has its other end fastened tothe inner end of the lever Q, said rope being provided to assist instarting the gate to move in one directionor the other.

In order to assist in guiding the gate in its longitudinal movements, Iprovide a vertical cross-piece M, the ends of which are fastened to thelongitudinal strips of the gate, and the inner face of said cross-pieceis adapted to bear againstthe face of the board D.

The operation of my gate is simple and is as follows: When it is desiredto open 'the gate when approached in either direction, the operator bymerely pulling down on the lever will cause the rope to drawhorizontally, and the momentum of the gate will cause the bar to bethrown rearward or toward thepost C.

The bar being in substantially a horizontal position when the gate isopened will have a tendency to hold the gate from accidental closing bypushing on the gate, making it necessary to actuate the lever to raisethe bar if it is desired to close the gate The same operation isrepeated when it is desired to diametrically opposite, a cross-strip onsaid gate adapted to contact with one face of said guide-board, agrooved pulley mounted upon the gate and riding upon said board, tiltingoperating-levers having sliding pivotal conmctions at their inner ends,a bar pivotally connected to one of said levers, and its other wherebythe gate may be opened or closed, as set forth.,

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature 1n the presence oftwo witnesses.

JAMES O. HODGENS.

Witnesses:

J OSEPH REA, J. I. BENNETT.

